Garthowen NSW 2345
74 addresses · 7 streets
New England Electorate › Tamworth Regional LGA › Garthowen · 334 km from Sydney
Living Here
Garthowen is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 169 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $2,094 a week, with median rent near $180 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Tamworth Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Garthowen itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 41% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020
Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 41.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 55.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.1% · Labour-force participation 70.6%
Population by age in Garthowen
| 0-4 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 24 |
| 15-19 | 11 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 18 |
| 35-44 | 25 |
| 45-54 | 29 |
| 55-64 | 23 |
| 65-74 | 17 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Garthowen
| House | 61 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Garthowen
| <$650 | 11 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 15 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 25 |
| $3,000+ | 10 |
Top ancestries in Garthowen
| Australian | 90 |
|---|---|
| English | 75 |
| Irish | 19 |
| Scottish | 17 |
| Aboriginal | 10 |
| Ancestry NS | 9 |
Housing tenure in Garthowen
| Owned | 23 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 32 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Garthowen
| 0 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 25 |
| 3 | 12 |
| 4+ | 10 |
Commute to work in Garthowen
| Car | 47 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 18 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
306 bird observations recorded near Garthowen — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (20)
- Speckled Warbler (18)
- Yellow Thornbill (16)
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (14)
- Weebill (14)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (14)
- Fuscous Honeyeater (11)
- Galah (11)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (11)
- Willie Wagtail (11)
- White-browed Scrubwren (10)
- Australian Magpie (9)
- Common Bronzewing (9)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Garthowen
- Common Starling (9)
- Crested Pigeon (9)
- Double-barred Finch (9)
- Magpie-lark (9)
- Red-capped Robin (9)
- Turquoise Parrot (9)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (8)
- Eastern Rosella (8)
- Little Lorikeet (8)
- Nankeen Kestrel (8)
- Rufous Songlark (8)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (8)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (8)
- Australian Raven (7)
- Crested Shrike-tit (7)
- Dollarbird (7)
- Fairy Martin (7)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Garthowen:
- Attunga (7.7 km)
- Appleby (11.7 km)
- Halls Creek (12.3 km)
- Gidley (15.1 km)
- Klori (15.4 km)
- Hallsville (16.8 km)
- Moore Creek (17 km)
- Daruka (18.8 km)
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Streets
- Abras Road (1)
- Aldridges Road (3)
- Garthowen Road (23)
- Kilmarnock Road (9)
- Magnesite Road (17)
- Wisemans Arm Road (19)
- Yarramanbully Road (2)